Overview Architecting Blockchain Solutions LiveLessons covers blockchain basics, ledgers, and several use-case scenarios in detail. Learn the main technologies for supporting blockchain use cases and how these technologies work with other technologies. Joe Holbrook discusses use cases that cover financial, insurance, science, technology, and other industries that enable you to gain a full grasp of blockchain capabilities.

This course starts out by covering blockchain fundamentals, including how a blockchain compares to traditional infrastructure and how Ethereum is used as a blockchain platform. It then discusses the important factors of blockchain architectures for which every organization should have a concise understanding, including blockchain nodes, blockchain networking, and layers. Holbrook demonstrates options for running blockchain on the various public cloud providers, including AWS, GCP, Azure, and IBM, and details numerous blockchain business models and best practices for software lifecycles. He covers significant blockchain development and planning as well as several blockchain development challenges. The course finishes with a discussion of providing blockchain solutions based on customer requirements.

Who Should Take This Course * Anyone with a basic knowledge of blockchain who wants more in-depth knowledge of enterprise blockchain architectures. The ideal student would be an IT vendor/VAR/cloud pre-sales engineer, sales executive, or technical account manager responsible for enterprise customer solutions.* Engineers, technical support managers, developers, salespeople, and architects.

Course Requirements * Experience with service architectures such as SOA.* Pre-sales experience would be helpful but not required.* Understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrency basics. * A basic understanding of the benefits of blockchains.* A basic knowledge of Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Litecoin is not needed but is helpful.

Lesson Descriptions Lesson 1, “Blockchain Basics,” discusses the basics of blockchain technology to lay a foundation before we discuss the more technical and specialized areas.

Lesson 2, “Understanding Ethereum,” discusses the technical merits of the Ethereum blockchain and how the platform works from a technical level.

Lesson 3, “Blockchain Platform Architectures,” discusses the details of other blockchain platforms, and specifically running Blockchain as a Service (BaaS).

Lesson 4, “Blockchain Business Models,” discusses the business models that are commonly used in blockchain deployments and that are creating value with blockchains.